From SLC to DC and NY with Dad

So I sort of took the summer off from blogging as you may have noticed. But now that I'm away from my family and Spencer, I have more free time to fill with stuff like this. These are pictures from my trip with my Dad. He drove with me from Salt Lake City to Washington, DC this August. We had a fabulous time. We stayed in Denver the first night with the Thorntons and then drove to Kansas City via the Eisenhower Library, Truman Library, Liberty Jail, Kansas City Royals Stadium. Day three took us all the way to DC (from Kansas City...which is about 1100 miles!) via Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. When we got to DC, we went to a Nationals game and moved all my furniture and belongings down the street to a new house. I have a new appreciation for my Dad after that move! He was unbelievable! I didn't think we'd be able to fit everything in the Uhaul truck (we were moving my stuff and my roommate's too)...but he did it...citing all of his past experience as a member of the Elder's Quorum. THEN, we left everything in a pile in my new house and caught the Chinatown bus to New York City!!!! I was really excited to take my dad to NY because he had never been before. We had a fabulous time! Here are some pictures of all the fun we had.

Kansas City Royals. I loved the fountains in the outfield!




Liberty Jail



St. Louis Arch.



Churchill Downs.




Citi Field. NY Mets new stadium.




David Letterman playing baseball with Mark Teixeira at the intersection of 53rd and Broadway in NYC. We just happened to be walking past.



The Manhattan Temple.



Central Park.



View from the Staten Island Ferry.




Times Square. I promise my neck isn't really as long as it looks in this picture. Dad has his "I just can't believe how incredible this city is" look on his face. He seemed to really love seeing everything in Manhattan and on multiple occasions commented that he now "gets" what people say about this city...and that he has better appreciation for oh so many Seinfeld episodes. :)



Grimaldi's. Amazing pizza! But we definitely appreciate just how good and close to the real thing Big Apple Pizza is after eating pizza in New York.



Brooklyn Bridge. We walked across the bridge from Brooklyn to Downtown Manhattan after eating at Grimaldi's and visiting Wall Street, the NY Stock Exchange, Chinatown, and Little Italy all that morning.



David Letterman Show. My dad LOVES David Letterman and we were lucky enough to get in to see the taping of his show! Before the show started, Dave, came out to talk to the audience. He took a question, and picked my Dad! It was awesome...Dave totally made fun of my Dad (for shouting his question)...I loved it. Apparently my Dad thought it was pretty cool to be made fun of by Dave too...funny. Also, Dad ran in to Biff Henderson on the street and grabbed a picture (he's on Dave's show).





Marine Core Museum in Quantico, VA.



Thanks for taking so much time off to travel with me, Dad! I had such a great time!